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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1887-10-19
BRANCH ROADS.


DtLAwARE, MARYLAND d VIRGINIA r R.
Leave Harrington for Iewes HOS a. IN. and
a. n. Returning train leaves Lewes for Warri,,
eon 30 Al. m' and 225 p. IN. Leave Franklin
QUEEN ANNE Il KENT R-Leave Townsend
for Centrey!le and way stations Q lG m, and : "A
p. m. week days 49, N ''i1
DELAWARE % CHESAPEAKE K. R-Leave CLAYTON
y. m, weekdays. ~ -
CAMBRIDGE Il SEAFoRD K. R.-Leave Seaford for
Cambridge and intermediate stations II so a. m.
weekdays. " ''
CoNNECTioNs.-At Porter. with Newark & Della.
ware City Railroad At Townsend with Oueen
anne SIX kentRailroad AtClaytOn, with Delaware
Il chesapeake Railroad and Baltimore 4 Delaware
Bay Railroad. At Harrington, with Delaware
Maryland q Virginia Railroad AtSeaford, with
Cambridge & SeafOrd Railroad. At Delmar with
New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk WicomicO <
Pocomoke, and Peninsula Railroad.
CHAS. E. PUGH, General Manager.
J. R. WOOD, General Passenger Agent
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1887-10-19
Philadelphia, Wilmington { Baltimore Railroad
DELAWARE DIVISION.

On and after April 25th, 1887 Sundays ex-
cepted), trains wilIleave as follows:
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School Books and School
Stationery,

as well as General Stationery and Bibles,
Hymnals, Sunday School and other Music
Books, Poems, Fancy Papers, Miscellaneous
Books, Pocket and Table Cutlery, Pocket
Books, Albums Brushes, Combs, and Gen
eral Sundries. Special attention given to
Garden and FieldSeeds. Satisfaction assured.
J. B. COOPER
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1887-03-05

Gen. Sheridan tells a good story in
connection with his courtship. He had
stayed later than usual one night, All
the family except the young lady had
retired, and her father had turned off the
lights and set the burglar alarms, having
a great fear of robbers. When he finally
departed the young lady accompanied
him to the door. TN tumbling around
for the door knob set off the burglar
alarm. 1t seemed to me that never
knew burglar alarm to work so we'll
before. 1t sounded like the explosion of
keg of dynamite A moment later the
father of the young lady appeared at the
head of the stairs in his night DIRE 'hold-
ing light in one hand and a pistol in
the other At this apparition the young
lady deserted me and fled into the dark
ness. My position was positively dam
gerous. suppose I had been in dangcr-
Gus places b ,fore without thinking of it,
but / must confess for the moment |
trembled all over with fear, and scarcely
up voice enough to say, Don't
shoot it's me- Fortunately he recog>
nized my voice, aud came down and let
ME out"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1887-03-05
DUCK HILL, MISS,
What u GeOlOgist Saws q f tho Orc

Duck Hill, Miss, February 25.-Prof
Johnson, of the United States Geological,
Survey, says of the specimen sent by
your correspondent to him at Meridian
The ore is of good quality and has a
large amount of phosphoric acid, but by
he use of extra basic lime you have tw,
profits instead of one, as the Stag max, s
a very fine fertilizer. The ore assayed
in Memphis yesterday panned out So
per cent. of iron. Propositions for the
purchase of large amounts of lands are
received daily. A gentleman from
Memphis bought five acre block yes
terday on the extreme boundary of the
'orporation and will divide it into small
lots.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1887-03-05
GRENADA, MISS, SATURDAY. MARCH !. 1887

several wells of pure water, or springs
should call them, that were made by
oorlng and digging only ,fue or sic fee,
running in streams of limpid water
Wnich nave never ceased to pour thei1
liquid treasures upon the surface.
Now, taking the ease with which iron
can be gathered from the surface and
hurled down to the intervening valleys.
made by these five streams, where tram
waysand railroads could be economically
built, many years must pass before the
necessity arises of penetrating the depths
OF the earth by shafts. Perhaps there
is no more healthy place in the state,
and one proof of it is, that there is but
one physician in the place, who does a
general practice which extends many
miles in every direction. The people OF
Duck Hill, for intelligence, social life
good morals and religious proclivities
cannot be excelled by any other SPOT of
equal population in the South, The
people here are descendants of that noble
race of planters, who held sway in the
politics of the South in ante belium days
and while the mutations of the war did
much to change their social relation
they inherit those sterling Qualities
which made them brave soldiers in war
good citizens in peace. Such are our
after observing and studying
the Duck Hill boom for several weeks
q. "
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1887-03-05

New buckwheat just received at
loewensteins's
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1887-03-05

Col. Fred Grant, speaking of the two
hundred loye-letters which his father
wrote to his mother during their engages
ment, says: "Father was not sentmen-
tai lover, and none of these letters
contain those soft and epdearing illusions
common in courtship correspondence,
but they are undoubtedly an accurate
history of the Mexican war" Picture
it, Think of it, American girls One
of Grants war articles In lieu of Loves
letter! Oh, what a fall was there, my
countrymen and we'll bet all our comic
valentines the fair recipient thought so
too, and that she would have preferred
one line of those "endearing illusions"
to whole pages of battles and retreats.
And by the way, what very suggestive
phrase IS that "endearing illusions" 1t
strikes us as rather novel way OF SPELL
ing "taffy."- Memphis Sunday Times.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1887-03-05
Cure For Piles

Piles are frequently preceded by ,
sense of weight in the back, loins ant
lower part oft abdomen, causing the pa
tient to suppose he has some affection o.
the kidneys or neighboring organs. Al
times, symptoms of indigestion are presenI
as fatuleDcy, uncaseness of the stomach
etc A II aisiurc, like perspiration, pro.
ducins very disasreeable itching, after
ct. Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles
y4e'd at once 10 the application of DR..
Bosanko's Pile remedy, which acts direct.
" upon the parts affected, absorbing the
JUNIORS, allaying the intense itching, and
affecting permanent cure. Price, so
cents. Address, The DR.. Bosanko Medi-
cine Co., Piqua, Ohio. Sold by Hughes &
Nance. FvD6 .l6. ly
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1887-03-05

Fresh oysters at Cuff & Whitaker's.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1887-03-05

Don't neglect your garden for the cot.
ton patch, for the garden pays better
han any other part of the farm. The
usual plan of most farmers is to prepare
and plant the garden, then neglect it
entirely orgive it up to "the old woman
,s he calls his wife. and she will rake
and hoe little and finally give it up to
he grass and weeds; for when the cottor
must be hoed she must 90 out and helr
nim with the great deceiver of the farms
1r. Potato patches are generally in the
same category. You begin well in the
pring, but the cotton patch ruins all.
From the garden and truck patch you
get over half your living and why will
you neglect them?
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1887-03-05
Cowboys Language.

The cowboys have a language of their
wn which no "tepdcrfoot" may attain
unto until he has served his novitiate.
They call horse herder "horse wrang-
Ier," and horse breaker a 'broncho
buster" Their steed is often "cayuse,' p
and to dress well is to "rag proper"
When cowboy goes out on the prairie
he "hits the fiat" Whisky is "family
disturbance" and to eat is to "chew." !"
His hat is ''cady,' his whip squirt"
his rubber coat "slicker," his leather
overalIs are "chaps" or "chapperals,"
and his revolver is a "45." Bacon is
overland trout" rand unbranded cattlr
are "mavericks.'- York Tribune.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1887-03-05
PRO BONO PUBLICO!
NEW GOODS.
The Very Lowest Prices.
& JONES

can now be found in their nelU
store on Depot street, on the
lot formerly occupied by Leigh
& Powell, where they invite
one and all coming to Grenada
to call and inspect their new
and fresh stock of
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1887-03-05
Duck HILL, Miss, March 2, 1887.

Duck HILL, Miss, March 2, 1887.
IToR GRENADA SENTINEL:
lou asked me to give you my honest
pressions after being here for fort
ht, as to the foundations upon which
IS Duck Hill boom rests.
Crude iron is here in quantities that
Puld be difficult to measure in depth
thout the expense of shafts. But it is
en in solid beds from the tops of the
CHEST hills, shelving out along the
fiace to the bottom, and as far down
observation has gone, whether made by
Ae hand of man or the erosions of rains
ID freezes. Besides iron, soft coal, fire
poi clay, limonite, kolin, hematite red
d brown have been brought in from
ferent places. This ore has been
entifcally tested at Christian Brothers
|llege, Memphis, which turned out SO
cent of pure iron, and at the U. s.
INT, in New Orleans it yielded 60, and at
her it is long way above the working
erage. Reliable and intelligent men
20 have traversed the iron beds OF
Rbama, Tennessee and even Pennsyl-
nla, have declared after looking over
I hills, undulat1ons and valleys around
Fck Hill, that neither OF these states at
best, can make such q showing as
2 ore tested here. Alabama's best
pays AZ per cent of iron, while the
pest here makes a yield of 43. Perhaps
all purposes connected with the
fnuiacturing of iron or any thing else
70 that, the water facilities here are
|precedentcd. Bold, clear running
cams, break out of these iron hills
q run in gentle ripples from six
eight miles from the east and west,
empty into the Bogue, large
'ek that runs at the foot OF the hills
lich circle the town on the east side.
king a distribution of water power
equaled. Besides these, there are
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1887-03-05
kTE SOLID FACTS ABOUT
DUCK HILL.
,,l Estate Advancing Upon a
Firm Basis.

he inevitable excitement that ever
ovs anything remarkable in the dis
|pries of science or fact, came with
first days OF the Duck Hill boom.
little town had shaking ague, when
chatter and squirm were the daily
niestations of the excited throngs
assembled on the open bourse west
tbe railroad. Buy and sell, followed
th other SO closely that the town
sme so confused that a fellow had to
himself to know whether he was
1self or some other man, whether he
buying or selling. The Notary
bic, our respected Mayor, stood with
and ink in hand, to sign his name,
lie "a lot would change hands with the
bidity of the kaleidoscope, and each
psition was stamped with the accre.
bs OF fairy wealth. In those days,
people in many cases made haste to |
rich, and in their haste they came
near loosing golden opportunity !
their advancement. They wanted
b in the size Of the prospects. This
is all changed. Town lots and
beral lands are here yet and are val
be, and will be sold in due time.
erybody now has faith in the future.
be people then were afraid to bring to
|n anything larger than pocket full
|ocks picked up on the wayside, lest
y should ruin the size of their native
! Now wagon loads of ore are at the |
nee Of anybody who will bring them {
own or elsewhere. Iron of wonderful
ness in metal is found for miles in
ost.' ANY direction. The samples lik'
Q sent off to be tested by chemica r
ysis, under the heat of the crucible,
n every hill, in every valley, making
IS and beds extending from the most
ated surface deep down in the bowels
e earth. The people OF Duck Hill
afford to shake off the shakes, and t.
their opportunities of future wealth
calmness and discretion. There IS u
anger that fire will destroy it, MOI :,
s wash it away, nor any rapacious /,
Ter will seize it, and HE off to Cana a
Their fortunes are not subject t.
Of these accidents or evil purposes. "
lion any more than excitement will
!, to light the hidden treasures wait "a
heir enterprise and cooperation I
y day brings occular demonstration f
9 extent in latitude and depth Of y
ron within an underlined radius y
I'd Duck Hill. Sober minder pros
RS so out every day and come back
the constantly increasing opinion v
he resources are not distant for III
ng Duck Hill famous for her iron IL
s. In a few days organized effort, hr
the sanction of legal methods and an
character will be on hand W
ape the iron iron interests of Duck he
under the management of the ~ ~
ssippi Mineral and Mining +,
'any, ov
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1887-03-05

Qg0Vl can live at home, and make more money at
VIII work for us. than at anything else In this
| uu world. Capital not needed you are started
~ free. Both sexes all ages Any one can do
the work. Large earnings sure from first
start. Costly outfit end terms free. Better not de-
lay. Costs you nothing to send us your addre, 8
ana find out; If you are wise you will do at once.
IL. HALLETT & Co., Portland Maine. decls
New Barley Lentils, Swiss Cheese just
received at Loewensteins.
, 1887-10-07

Creole girls have scant opportunities
for meeting men in the social freedom
granted to American girls. Male visitors
who go week after week, month after
month, are not encouraged in their aim
less attentions. The creoles consider this
attention, which does not mean marriage,
as more or less compromising to a girl
and as preventing the visits of eligible
suitors. Not more than u decade since a
man who sought the society of a girl at
her fathers house several times in quick
succession without declaring his inten-
tons was liable to have them demanded
by father, brother or mother. More thar
one man, a stranger to this custom, has,
from a QuiXotic sense of honor, married
a girl whom he had never thought of as
his wife rather than have it be supposed
that he had compromised her. This Gus
tom has given way before the march of
American
1t must lot be supposed that the pres
ence of a chaperon in any way interferes
with the gayety and ease of intercourse
between young people. AS both sexes are
brought up in the most intimate COM
~panionship with their elders, the latter
always keep their hold upon the thoughts
and feelings and pleasures of youth, and
never cease to have sympathetic COM
~panionship with young people.-Harper's
Bazaar.
, 1887-10-07
OFADVERTIsING


The Nebraska capitalists who will reach
here this morning should receive a cordial
greeting at the hands of the citizens OF
Cheyenne. Their impressions of the town
will be largely influenced by the hospitali-
tics extended them. They should be sent
away with a high appreciation Of Chey-
enne's social qualities as well as with the
thrift and enterprise of its citizens.
We are too apt to belIttle our present
and discount our future. As II matter OF
fact we have here one Of the prettiest
towns in the United States. Architectu.
rally it is a model and every citizen takes
commendable pride in beautifving the
surroundings of his residence. In the
face OF natural disadvantages great things
have been accomplished, but they are as
nothing in comparison.with what. will be
done in the coming two years. We have
now another railroad at our threshold and
the scope of country which is made
directly tributary to Cheyenne is con-
stantly increasing IN extent and popula-
ton. In a very few years. there will be a
great outside population directly depend
ent for Its supplies on Cheyenne. The
Cheyenne & Northern will undoubt-
edly be extended into a rich
region hitherto devoid of rail-
roads. The Burlington will be con-
tinued northward from here to the Platte
river to tap the Broken Bow route of the
same system which is being extended
across the continent. All its business in
the territory will be managed from Chcy-
enne.
Business in every branch has vastly i'm
proved within the past month and a better
feeling prevails in all quarters. The out
look for a fall business is good and taken
all IN all Cheyenne has little reason to
envy the prosperity shown in any town of
the country.
And the citizens of Cheyenne should mt
fail to tell the visitors so.
, 1887-10-07

corpse of Richard Rice, who SO mystcri,
ously disappeared from that section some
six months ago.
Everetts, David Lewis, Mrs. Berry and
another person are now confined in the
Laramie county jail charged with the
murder of Rice. AS the crime was COM
mitted in a lonely spot there were no
witnesses, and it will be well nigh impos,
sible to convict the accused unless one OF
them turns states evidence.
Subsequent to the attempt at a whole
sale delivery several weeks ago, nearly all
of the prisoners were placed in irons.
Among the select who were allowed
to walk about the corridor was
Dave Lewis, who is apparently a
harmless old man. Everetts objected
to the %lenient treatment accorded
his alleged companion in crime, and one
day shouted to the Tailor: why don't
you iron old Davy Lewis. He had his
shot at Rice too" He would say moth
ing further about the murder, and as the
others were even more rcticent, nothing
is known as to what actually became OF
Rice. The prisoners claim that import
ant business suddenly called him East, but
every circumstance clearly indicated that
the missing man had been toully dealt
with. 1t is hoped hat the inquest will
establish the identity of the unfortunate,
and if the deceased is Richard Rice throw
some light on his mysterious murder.
Coroner Chafin leaves for Fort Lara
ME on the Cheyenne & Northern this
morning.
, 1887-10-07

THE Chicago Herald, one of the most
c~levorly written and ably edited news
papers in the country, has Just doubled
its size to eight pages, while maintaining
the old price of two cents. The Herald
is one of the bonanzas in the newspaper
world, and has the largest circulation of
any daily newspaper in Chicago. We
we're pleased to observe. in its issue which
reached here last evening a well written
column article dated Cheyenne and giving
an account of the exploits Of Joe Hurt,
Of Rawlins. The article was taken word
for word from The LEADER, and instead
of being inserted as correspondence OF
the HcrdH should have been credited 10
this paper. However, we cannot help
commencing the good judgment displayed
by the Chicago paper in selecting its clip
pings.
, 1887-10-07
is IT RICE's BoDYt
A Corpse Found Near Pratt Il Ferris,
Ranch.

Interest in the man Everetts, who re.
manned In the cell which the escaped
prisoners left Tuesday night, was revived
yesterday by the receipt of a telegram
from b. A. Hart, justice OF the peace at
Fort Laramie, to Coroner Chafin request.
ing the latter to hasten to that place at
once. The message states that the body
OF an unknown man has been found neal
the Platte river ranch of Pratt & Ferris,
and that popular belief is that it is the
, 1887-10-07

When ~Farragut's squadron was before
New Orleans n of the powder boys saw
IA shell drop dangerously nsar the maya
zine. The fuse was burning furiously,
but the boy picked up the shell AZ D tossed
it overheard. The boy was Oscar Peck.
He lives in Bridgeport, Conn, and he has
just received, in consideration of his
bravery, back pension money amounting
u 81, 220.-New York Sun.
, 1887-10-07

A VERY neatly printed and iudiciously
edited weekly paper is the Green River
Neos, the first issue of which has Just
reached us, 1t is published by Austin
Decker and if the promise of its first
number is maintained it will take a prom
inent place among the weekly newspapers
of the territory.
, 1887-10-07
POINTS.

Rev. G. NJ. Sanders has returned to
Denver.
Capt. Lasher came up from Sidney last
evening.
j. II. Young, Salt Lake, western pas
senger agent for the Northwestern rail-
way, was in town yesterday.
, 1887-10-07

The Rev. Benjamin Staunton, who
lectures in the opera house next Tuesday
evening, has a high reputation for ability
and eloquence. He occupies a unique
position among the clergymen Of the ter,
ritory and very many people will have a
great curiosity to hear him.
, 1887-10-07
4 Reasonable Excuse.

Ben Butler says he cannot see any diff
ference between the bomb throwing in
dulged in so extensively by the Confeder-
ates during the war and that done by the
anarchists at Chicago. One difference,
which Of itself ought to excuse the Con.
federates, is that some of their bombs
were thrown at Ben. Their intentions
were all right.
, 1887-10-07

TREASURER j. G. TAYLOR, OF the
Burlington, who was in town last night,
says the Cheyenne & Burlington has
reached a point twenty eight miles beyond
Sterling and that iron is being laid at the
rate Of two miles a day. AS heretofore
predicted in The LEADER the Burlington
will reach here the middle of next month.
, 1887-10-07
GOVERNORS PROCLAMATION.
The Escaped Men--TheIr Crimes and
the Rewards Offered.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Oct. A, lSS7.-TO
Ills EcceHency Thomas Moonlight, Cor
ernor, Wyoming. Sir: I beg leave to
state that at about the hour of s o'clock
p. m. the following persons escaped from
the county Jail of Laramie county, viz:
Dan Began, alias William Mccoy, con.
victed ut the last term of our district court
of the crime of murder in the first degree;
Charles ii. Leroy, bound ovcr to appear
before the next grand jury for the crime
of iniuring, defacing and breaking a public
jail; James Jones, bound over to answer
before the next grand jury to the
crime Of burglary, and William
G: Sterry, bound over to appear before
the next grand jury for the crime of
horse stealing.
The description of Dan Began, alias
William Mccoy, is as follows:
His age is about % years; his height
about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches; his hair
is dark and cut short; wears small dark
brown moustache; weighs about 100
pounds; wears a No. 6 boot and has
high instepi walks slightly stopped; has
thin lips, blush gray eyes and an old scar
on back of neck.
The description of Charles II. Leroy
is about as follows:
Age about &c years; height about 5 feet
s inches, well built; complexion light;
full round face, small light moustache;
staggering walk.
The description of James Jones is about
as follows;
Age about So years; height about five
feet, ten inches; very smooth face; I'M
der jaw protruding somewhat; mouth
slightly sunk in; dark complexion; cat
like walk, and, generally very stealthy in
all his movements and in his appearance.
The description of William G. Sterry
is ali ut as follows: Age about "a years;
height, about five feet, six or seven
inches; dark complexion; hair dark,
short, but inclined to curl; sharp features;
Roman nosei slight in build.
| therefore have the honor to request
that rewards be offered for the
above escaped prisoners ms fol-
lows, to.wit: For Dan Began, alias
William Mccoy, $500; for Charles II.
Leroy, 5000; for James Jones, $500; and
for William G. Sterry 5000.
| will also state that a reward for the
capture, dead or alive, of Dan Began.
alias William Mccoy, S. X. S~harpless,
sheriff, has offered and now offers, in ad
dition to all other rewards, a reward of
of $500. Very respectfully, your Obedi-
ent servant, w. r. SToLL,
Prosecuting Attorney.
, 1887-10-07

The largest stock OF hne brandies, old
whiskies, choice hqueurs and superfne
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
streets
, 1887-10-07

1t is time to be reminded of the old
joke about the ScOtchman who was caught
crawling toward a neighbours hen roost.
Where are We ganging. mon?' was the
challenge. Back again., . was Sawney's
reply.
, 1887-10-07
pITH IN PARAGRAPHS.
uawley's Lack OF Ambition.

Minneapolis Journal.l
Senator Hawley is about to be married.
1t has been generally believed heretofore
that Mr.. Hawley would not take the sec.
ond place on any ticket.
, 1887-10-07

TNNIl FThnCIsCO ATTA.I
Ben Butler says: II know something
about parties" Yes, and parties know
something about Ben; and that is why, in
order to belong to one, he has to make it
first.
, 1887-10-07
'VNG vo0SOV,
why Acker's

IS warranted, is because it is the best
Blood Preparation known. 1t will posi-
lively cure all Blood Diseases, purifes the
whole system, and thoroughly builds up the
constitution. Remember, we guarantee it.
DRY N. Hunt.